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Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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ChrisHB May 2020 2:11pm, 22 May 2020 19,287 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB looks like a fair guess... I'll take a look at all the varieties. Helpfully, the first I looked at says the leaves can be shaped differently. I don't think there were markings on the leaves, though.
Rosehip May 2020 4:01pm, 22 May 2020 16,133 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip we were talking about poppies on here a few weeks ago. Coincidentaly a few small poppy seedlings appeared on the village charity stall - so I bought some imagine my surprise to find that they're blue ones
Fragile Do Not Bend May 2020 4:03pm, 22 May 2020 6,010 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend Ooh, nice.
jacdaw May 2020 5:21pm, 22 May 2020 3,044 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw I can't grow Meconopsis, no matter how hard I try. I really love them.
sallykate May 2020 5:46pm, 22 May 2020 6,444 posts	Quote Pin sallykate Lovely! When I was weeding at the allotment a few days ago I realised that some of the weeds were poppies, so I left them. (Not meconopsis, just the standard red wild poppy.)
Fragile Do Not Bend May 2020 5:48pm, 22 May 2020 6,011 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend I had some nice pink frilly ones appear randomly once. They didn’t self seed though because I haven’t had them since. Wish I’d saved some seed.
Wriggling Snake May 2020 5:58pm, 22 May 2020 26,849 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake The wind has been damaging
ChrisHB May 2020 6:19pm, 22 May 2020 19,289 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB We had hundreds of beautiful poppies last year and I scattered the seeds all over the place, but it looks as if only one or two in a pot have made it.
Rosehip May 2020 6:21pm, 22 May 2020 16,136 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip My sympathy WS, the wind has battered my sweet peas and mangetout and dried everything out a lot. The old parasol, that I put up to reduce the sun on the greenhouse whilst I work out a better way to shade it, blew over and has made a mess of the pots of cucurbits that were hardening off Looks like it's going to be rough here tomorrow as well.
Rosehip May 2020 6:23pm, 22 May 2020 16,137 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip I thought I'd deadheaded last year's self-sown opium poppies in time after they took over the garden - but they are still appearing everywhere. some I leave, lots have gone in the compost bin. I shall save a seed-head or three this year though.